CVE-2021-27419 (GCVE-0-2021-27419)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-03 20:20
Modified
2025-04-16 16:25
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Summary
uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.37 are vulnerable to integer wrap-around in functions malloc-simple. This improper memory assignment can lead to arbitrary memory allocation, resulting in unexpected behavior such as a crash or a remote code injection/execution.
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uClibc-ng uClibc-ng Version: unspecified   < 1.0.37
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